Improvement in targets



T. B. CNNERY..

Target..

Patented June15, 1875.

THE GRAPHIC CO.PHOTOL\TH.39 8; 41 PARK PLAGLNA.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS E. OONNEEY, OE NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOE To JAMES GORDON BENNETT,OE SAME PLAGE.

IMPROVEMENT IN TARGETS.

Specification formingpart of Letters Patent No. 164,525, dated J une 15,1875; application filed May 10, 1875.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, THOMAS B. CONNERY, of thecity, county, and State of NewYork, have invented an Improvement inTargets, of which the following is a speciiication:

This invention relates to an improvement in targets, whereby the certaincommunication ot' the exact position or point at which a bullet or otherprojectile impinges, is readily secured.

Targets for ride-shooting, as usually constructed, consist of threeconcentric squares or parallelograms, and it is therefore extremelydiflicult to describe in words the exact position of the Shot, as itssituation Ain each of these squares can on] y be approximately stated.Now, it is very desirable to communicate to the press and Others theexact position of each shot, and I have devised the following Way ofaccomplishing this result: I divide the surface of the targetinto alarge number ofsquares, and each one of these I designate by aparticular distinguishing number. I have found that eleven hundred andifty-two divisions are usually Sufficient for the purpose proposed,

though the distance of the range and size of the target both somewhataiiect this. The shots being indicated by means of these numbers, theirexact position, and the order in which they are made, can be thusreadily communicated by telegram, letter, or otherwise. But, since thelarger numbers in this Series are composed ot several words-as, forexample, nine hundred and iifty-six-I indicate each number by a singledistinguishing word, and

thus save a very large expense in transmitting by telegraph thepositions of the several shots. The receiver of the dispatch, possessinga key in which each word is accompanied by its peculiar number, canreadily translate a dispatch which to others would be unintelligible,and so can indicate upon previously-prepared diagrams, divided in theSame manner as the above-described target, the exact position of eachshot; and these diagrams can be exactly reproduced in print. The targetmight, ot' course, be covered with numbered subdivisions of some othershape than squareas hexagonal, octagonal, or other polygonal form. Thearrangement of the numbers may also be varied; but I prefer that shown,the bulls-eye having all the Smaller numbers, the square next in extenthaving a larger series, and the outer main divisions the largest numbersof all.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The improved target herein described, having its surface subdivided intominute squares, or other shaped divisions, Which are each provided witha specific number or sign to adapt the same to be speedily read andreported, substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

THOMAS B. CONNERY.

Witnesses:

JOHN MGORONE, CHARLES C. BEAMAN, Jr.

